Numerical solution of melting in side-heated rectangular enclosure under electromagnetically simulated low gravity

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 315-332

  Gonçalves, Eduardo ^a   Faghri, Mohammad ^a   Asako, Yutaka ^b   Charmchi, Majid ^c  

^a University of Rhode Island   (United States)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GRAVITATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MELTING; NATURAL CONVECTION; PRANDTL NUMBER; SOLIDIFICATION; VISCOSITY;

DAMPING EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCES; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; LOW-GRAVITY CONDITION;

MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS;

EID: 14544301017     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407780590886287     Document Type: Article

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